Manuscripts

Letters from Italy in the years 1754-1755; memoirs of the Florentine state, 1200-1573

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Description: The spines on the three volumes are fragile and damaged.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1755 January 1-August 17.
Call number: mssHM 6257
Creator: Orrery, John Boyle (1707-1762)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from George D. Smith sale, part I, lot 854, 1920.
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Letters from Italy, in the years 1754 and 1755, : by the late Right Honourable John Earl of Corke and Orrery. Published from the originals, with explanatory notes, by John Duncombe

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Series 2: Volumes, (1848-1924)

Manuscripts

The three volumes are arranged chronologically and alphabetically by author. There are three volumes in this series are family related and include the very rare volume of Looe and Eliza Baker's letters compiled by Kate Stuart Lowry using the letters and other material in this collection. The three volumes are somewhat fragile, with damaged spines.

mssBakerL

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John Warly notebooks

Manuscripts

Two manuscript volumes attributed to Reverend John Warly; included are biblical passages, sermon notes, and commentaries on spiritual matters and political subjects including the English Civil War. Entries are in secretary hand, primarily in English with a small amount of Greek. The volumes are signed by Lee Warly, a descendant of John Warly; both volumes are written in two directions with the text beginning at one cover then turned over and beginning again (tête-bêche style). The volumes have worn leather covers and fragile spines, HM 83773 is especially fragile with the spine mostly lacking and the pages loose; the volumes are housed in one box for preservation purposes.

mssHM 83773-83774

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The medical support of air warfare: report no. 35, (bulk 1941-1945)

Manuscripts

Report No. 35 is a study of the employment and effectiveness of the medical support of air warfare in the south and southwest Pacific (1941, Dec. 7 - 1945, Aug. 15). It is comprised of four volumes (approximately 1,300 pages). Only 7 copies of the report were prepared - this may be the only surviving copy. It is copy No. 7. The volumes are in fragile condition; covers and spines coming loose.

mssHM 80290 (a-d)

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The School for Scandal; a Comedy: in five Acts. Copied from the Prompter's Book of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, which was preserved from the late Fire

Manuscripts

Bill from Flack, the binder, to John Fawcett, July 4, 1815, tipped in. Fragile, spine is damaged and covers are loose.

mssHM 2546

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Charles Lamb: a Memoir

Manuscripts

Barry Cornwall was the pseudonym for Bryan Waller Procter. The three volume memoir is largely in the handwriting of Procter, with his corrections throughout. Portions are in the handwriting of Mrs. Procter; some leaves are damaged. Two portraits of Lamb are inserted; biographical sketches of Procter laid in at the end. The memoir was disbound by Huntington Library staff and Box 4 contains binding remnants.

mssHM 656

Letters from Italy in the years 1754-1755; memoirs of the Florentine state, 1200-1573

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